It was adapted for the screen by director Billy Wilder and detective novelist Raymond Chandler (who was best known for his character Philip Marlowe, played by Dick Powell inMurder, My Sweet (1944), Humphrey Bogart inThe Big Sleep (1946), and Robert Montgomery inLady in the Lake (1946), among others).After hunting around and inquiring about an order, he asks the pop-sucking little sisters: "A bit cold and pointless, isn""t it, my lovely?" and then invites the two young boppers back to his room to listen to music on his elaborate hi-fi system:What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got little save pitiful portable picnic players." In the background of the all-male group, MacWade""s crack ace newspaperwoman-reporter, pretty blonde, Louise "Babe" Bennett (Jean Arthur) in a tailored gray suit, is bored but at ease while leaning on a table next to an office glass partition.As the threesome of Stan, Katie, and Larry stood together, Jason dropped down in front of them, and with one swipe of his machete decapitated all of them in a triple murder(# 5-7 deaths), as geeky Roy watched in horror.Ryan received a crucial tip from O""Neil about Annette, as the British continued their own search for terrorist group members.